Edward Nevins Todd
I have found only a little mentioned about Edward Todd. He did serve in this company until his death.
Here is an excert from the account of Thomas Fuller:
"I looked and saw a small bunch of soldiers over a mile away. I saddled up, led out, put up the fence, mounted, put out to where the soldiers were.
I found them to be my own company. After giving an account of myself, Captain Cathy pointed away in the distance in the valley, to a battery near a big white house. He said “We are going to charge that battery pretty soon. When the command “Fall in” was given, I fell in.
We charged the battery and could not get to it because of entanglements such as a horse could not get through. General Hogan told me to open a big gate just in front of a large white house. I opened the gate and ran on and opened another gate that led out into the woods. This gave a little check in the column and we lost Captain Cathy, Orderly Sergeant J. W. Deshazo, Private Cline and the Todd Brothers.
I discovered two men running to climb a tall fence. I ran up to them and made them throw down their arms and get back on my side of the fence. I looked over inside the field and saw a brigade of Yankees lying down, supporting the battery." click here for more.
Felix Todd contacted me and said that Edward Todd was his ancestor. Here is Felix's account:
"My Great Great Uncle who was killed while serving in the 3rd Alabama.
Edward Nevins Todd, Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Class 1858, member Phi Gamma Delta, Served Curry's Alabama Dragoons; 3rd Alabama Calvary Co F, died November 29, 1862 of wounds received on scouting expedition near Perrysville, KY (This from a Phi Gamma Delta listing of members killed in the War)
20 Nov 1839 born Salisbury Maryland son of George Todd, buried in Salisbury.
He was from Maryland but came south to serve with my Great Great grandfather S.G. Todd who lived in Plantersville, Alabama and served with the 4th Alabama infantry."
In 1860, just before the war, Edward was living with his parents in Salisbury, Maryland. And two short years later he died at the age of 23.
Edward's brother Samuel G Todd also served in this unit. Thomas said that both of the Todd brothers died perhaps he was miss-remembering.
Sources
1. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards. , Card named: Ed. N Todd, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Microfilm cards "From an 8 x 5 card file maintained by the Alabama Department of Archives and History from the early 1900s until 1982. As staff came across information related to Alabama individuals during the American Civil War a card was created. Information on individuals exempted from military service or who served in the militia or home guard is included. If new information was discovered from another source, another card was created. Multiple cards for an individual often exist. Sources include muster rolls, governors' correspondence, veterans' censuses, manuscript collections, newspapers and pension records. Names, places and events are often inconsistently spelled."
2.Felix Todd from Tuscaloosa Alabama. Great, great nephew of Edward N. Todd.
3.1860 Federal Census, Mariland, Somerset, Salisbury, p. 218
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By Susette Cook